Out with the upper crust
Even I’m amazed at times at how far the LGBT community in Philadelphia has come, to lead the nation in showing how we can...
Light amid rage and ignorance
It’s 3 A.M. and the light from a crescent moon streams through my venetian blinds. In the silence of a city asleep, I flash...
Creep of the Week: Kayleigh McEnany
She still looks like the blonde cheerleader she was back in her Tampa high school a dozen years ago. Now, Kayleigh McEnany is head...
Moving the needle
CORRECTION: In the July 20-26 edition of my weekly column, the statement “Catholic Social Services … refused to consider a gay couple for fostering,...
Evolving ideas and policies regarding gender
Pennsylvania will soon join 13 states and Washington, D.C. that already offer the gender designation of X on state-issued IDs. While it’s no surprise...
Citizen’s diplomacy in Palestine
In the past I’ve written about the numerous international journalists and activists who have been brought to Philadelphia Gay News offices as part of...
What it’s like to be a gay veteran in Philly
I was a gung-ho Marine living in Kaneohe Bay in Hawaii just four years ago. Life seemed bleak at times, even on one of...
McCord for governor
In this issue of PGN, we endorse Rob McCord for governor. If you want to know the factual reasons, please read our...
Finding magic, paying tribute in Orlando
Orlando, Fla., has long been synonymous with Disney World, deemed the “most magical place on Earth.” But for LGBT communities, the city has more...
Is race coverage coincidence?
Dear Editor: It appears that the only time I’ve seen black/African-American people on the cover of your newspaper is for stories of crime....
An open letter to the Philadelphia LGBT community
My name is Dashiell Sears and I was recently crowned (or rather, “sashed”) Mr. Gay Philadelphia 2011. I am both honored and...
Jenner: Haven’t we been here before?
This will come as no surprise to you, unless you happen to currently reside under a sizable chunk of stone: On ABC’s “20/20,” reporter...
Big changes in local nightlife/bar scene
Let’s skip politics for a week: After all, aren’t we all tired of the state-by-state marriage road show? Here’s the scoop on changes...
The GOP Is Banning Books, Now
The Republican-led culture wars have come for books and access to them. Anti-racist books. Sex ed books. And of course, LGBTQ books. It’s the...
Creep of the Week: North Carolina Republican Party
As 2016 is now history, there is perhaps no better poster child for how totally terrible last year was politically than North Carolina. ...
The Pride animal farm
George Orwell would have been perfectly at home at the 2014 general membership meeting of Pride coordinators who plan events “for people identifying as...
Don’t cry for us, Nikki Haley
Nikki Haley, one of the few sane people — and even fewer women — in top positions in the Trump administration and a former...
It’s no comedy
The top two movies on the American Film Institute’s top 100 movies ever made have something in common.
The first is “Some Like It Hot”...
Will the legislature get anything right next year? Let’s hope
The budget isn’t the only thing the legislature didn’t get done in 2015. Because of the never-ending budget impasse, almost every other issue that...
Pope, less hateful is not enough
We felt the need to address the historical and present trauma caused by the pope and his predecessors as the head of the Catholic...
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